Thai prime minister candidate Srettha Thavisin filed a defamation suit against a whistleblower for alleging he had colluded in evading tax in a land deal with a property company he ran previously.
A Japanese boutique appliance maker has its eyes on a new challenge amid the energy transition trend: developing a small-scale wind power generator.
Heavy rains lashing China’s northeast are ravaging crops in some areas of the country’s grain basket, threatening to increase imports at a time of rising food insecurity across the globe.
German industrial production fell for a second month in June, further holding back Europe’s biggest economy after it barely exited a recession earlier this year.
Investors in emerging markets are shifting to stocks from bonds as they prepare for the world after monetary tightening.
China’s local government financing vehicles are showing more signs of stress, with a record number missing payments on a popular type of short-term debt last month.
China’s decision to scrap tariffs on Australian barley is set to shake up global trade, with the return of the supplier heating up competition with other exporters for a chunk of the world’s biggest import market.
Dubai reported a record number of tourist arrivals in the first half of the year, topping levels last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold and helping push hotel room rates to a fresh high.
UK house prices fell for a fourth straight month in July as a further rise in mortgage rates curtailed how much buyers could afford, according to Halifax.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund reported a $15.6 billion comprehensive loss in 2022 after the value of its investments in SoftBank Vision Fund plunged and other tech ventures were hit by a market downturn.
